The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
19th century
20th century
1900sâÂÂ1940s
1950sâÂÂ1990s
- 1951 â Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt built.
- 1953 â Population: 600,579.
- 1954 â Goethe House opens.
- 1955 â Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport opens.
- 1957 â Deutsche Bundesbank headquartered in Frankfurt.
- 1958
- Noor Mosque built.
- Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt and Cinema Kino open.
- 1959 â (prison) begins operating.
- 1960
- founded.
- City twinned with Lyon, France.
- 1963 â Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin.
- 1966 â City twinned with Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- 1967 â City twinned with Deuil-La Barre, France.
- 1968 â Frankfurt U-Bahn begins operating.
- 1970
- Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and http://www.fat-web.de/?page_id=1780 founded.
- City twinned with Milan, Italy.
- 1974 â City-Haus built.
- 1978
- Rhine-Main S-Bahn begins operating.
- Historic Railway museum founded.
- 1979
- Europaturm built.
- Titanic magazine begins publication.
- City twinned with Cairo, Egypt.
- 1980 â City twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.
- 1981
- Frankfurt Marathon begins.
- Museum für Moderne Kunst founded.
- 1984 â German Architecture Museum opens.
- 1987 â founded.
- 1988 â City twinned with Guangzhou, China.
- 1989
- City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).
- City twinned with Toronto, Canada.
- 1990
- May: City hosts the 1990 European Judo Championships.
- City twinned with Budapest, Hungary, and Prague, Czech Republic.
- 1991
- Andreas von Schoeler becomes mayor.
- City twinned with Granada, Nicaragua, Kraków, Poland, and Leipzig.
- 1992 â (Institute for City History) established.
- 1993
- Westendstrasse 1 built.
- Deutsche Börse headquartered in Frankfurt.
- 1994 â European Monetary Institute headquartered in Frankfurt.
- 1995
- Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange founded.
- Petra Roth becomes mayor.
- 1996 â City website online (approximate date).
- 1998 â European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt.
- 1999 â Main Tower built.
- 2000
- Museum Giersch opens.
- Population: 646,550.
21st century
See also
Other cities in the state of Hesse:<sup>()</sup>
References
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
Published in 18thâÂÂ19th centuries
Published in 20th century
in German
- circa 1646/1655
- (bibliography)
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